While there are standout years in those trends, during which exception years might stand out, the point is the overall bigger trends of waves, within which are these smaller wave trends.
The legal sticking point was that the law lacked a "health exception" for women who might suffer serious medical complications, something the justices have said in the past is necessary when considering abortion restrictions.
Not only did Missouri's voters pick the winning candidate in all but one 20th-century presidential election (the exception was 1956), but they did so by margins that were within a point or two of the national margin.
One thing I will point out is that at the Wall Street Journal by 2000 nearly all content was paid with one exception -- Opinion Journal (featuring op-ed commentaries).